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Di Wei is the Affiliated Research Fellows at Cambridge University[1] and serves as the Principal Investigator at Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (BINN)[2]and heads the Iontronics Laboratory.[3] As Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (MEASA),[4] Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI) USA,[5] Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) UK,[6] Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) UK[7] and Life Senior Member of Wolfson College at Cambridge University,[8] he has published over 120 papers including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., PNAS, Joule, Matter, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Energ. Environ. Sci., Chem. Soc. Rev. etc. as the first/corresponding author.[9] Wei also has a portfolio of over 200 international patents (including PCT). Over 100 patents have been successfully granted, many of which have been transferred to leading companies like Nokia in Finland and Lyten in the USA.[10] Additionally, Wei has edited 5 English books, published by Wiley, Nature Springer and Cambridge University Press etc., focusing on nanotechnology for energy and information technology.[11]

Education

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Ph.D. with Hons (Chemical Engineering), Åbo Akademi University, Finland 2007

M.Sc. with Hons (Chemical Engineering), Åbo Akademi University, Finland 2003

B.Sc. with Hons (Applied Chemistry), University of Sci. and Tech. of China, China 2002

Exchange programmes

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Leibniz Institut für Festkürper und Werkstoffforschung (IFW, Leibniz institute for solid state and materials research), Dresden, Germany (DAAD Grant) 2006

Aarhus University c/o Copenhagen University, training on microsensor analysis in environmental science in Denmark (Nordforsk Grant) 2006

FMF (Materials research centre) of Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany (DAAD Grant) 2004

Honors and awards

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  • 2024 Fellow of national Academy of Inventors (FNAI), USA.[12]
  • 2024 Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM), UK.[13]
  • 2024 Biennial Brian Conway Prize in Physical Electrochemistry from the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)[14]
  • 2019 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK.[15]
  • 2015 One of the four advisory board members in FennoFlake, Finnish Academy of Sciences.[16]
  • 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)-CSCST Young Researcher Award.[citation needed]
  • 2009 1st Prize in Nokia global R&D innovation, most prestigious Nokia's Global Innovation and Excellence Award (NIEA). [citation needed]
  • 2008 Electrochimica Acta Travel Award for Young Electrochemists from ISE.[citation needed]

Selected publications (recent 5 years)

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1. "Multi-receptor skin with highly sensitive tele-perception somatosensory", Yan Du, Penghui Shen, Houfang Liu, Yuyang Zhang, Luyao Jia, Xiong Pu, Feiyao Yang, Tianling Ren*, Daping Chu*, Zhonglin Wang*, Di Wei*, Sci. Adv. 10, eadp8681 (2024).[17]

2. "Vertical iontronic energy storage based on osmotic effects and electrode redox reactions", Feiyao Yang, Puguang Peng, Zhao-Yi Yan, Hongzhao Fan, Xiang Li, Shaoxin Li, Houfang Liu, Tian-Ling Ren, Yanguang Zhou, Zhong Lin Wang*, Di Wei*, Nat. Energy 9, 263–271(2024).[18]

3. "Triboiontronics with temporal control of electrical double layer formation", Xiang Li, Roujuan Li, Shaoxin Li, Zhong Lin Wang*, Di Wei*, Nat. Commun. 15, 6182 (2024).[19]

4. "Flexible iontronics based on 2D nanofluidic material", Di Wei*, Feiyao Yang, Zhuoheng Jiang, Zhonglin Wang*, Nat. Commun. 13, 4965 (2022).[20]

5. "A moisture-enabled fully printable power source inspired by electric eels", Lu Yang, Feiyao Yang, Xu Liu, Ke Li, Yaning Zhou, Yangjian Wang, Tianhao Yu, Mengjuan Zhong, Xiaobing Xu, Lijuan Zhang, Wei Shen, Di Wei*, PNAS 118, e2023164118 (2021).[21]

Selected book and book chapters

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  • Di Wei, author for two Chapters of 'Energy and Power' and 'Human interface and sensing the world' in Tapani Ryhänen et al. ed. 'Nanotechnologies for Future Mobile Devices' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-521-11216-1 Book was reviewed in Science:[22]
  • Di Wei, author for the first Chapter in C.J. Dixonet al. ed. 'Nanotechnology: Nanofabrication, Patterning, and Self Assembly.' Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-60692-162-3.[23]
  • Di Wei, editor for book 'Electrochemical Nanofabrication: Principles and Applications' CRC Press & Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 1st edition: 2011, ISBN: 978-981-4303-73-6 (Hardcover). 2nd edition: 2016, ISBN: 978-981-4613-86-6 (Hardcover), 978-981-4613-87-3 (eBook).[24]
  • Di Wei, author for one Chapter on 'Graphene' in Wen Lu et al. ed. 'Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Systems,' Wiley, 2015, ISBN: 9781118580783.[25]
  • Di Wei, author, 'Contact Electrification of Matter', Springer Nature Press, 2025, ISBN 978-3-031-88503-7.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor di Wei". 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ "魏迪----中国科学院北京纳米能源与系统研究所".
  3. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/
  4. ^ "Members | European Academy of Sciences and Arts".
  5. ^ https://academyofinventors.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.2.24-2024-Fellows-List.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/honors/2023-08-31/214.html
  7. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/honors/2024-12-11/715.html
  8. ^ "Wolfson College Cambridge: Senior Members".
  9. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/Publications/d1/2025/
  10. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/PI/
  11. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/Publications/Academic/
  12. ^ https://academyofinventors.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.2.24-2024-Fellows-List.pdf
  13. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/honors/2024-12-11/715.html
  14. ^ "Homepage". 9 May 2025.
  15. ^ http://www.iontronics.group/en/honors/2023-08-31/214.html
  16. ^ http://web.abo.fi/instut/pcc/Annual%20report%202015-2016%20web1.pdf
  17. ^ "Multi-receptor skin with highly sensitive tele-perception somatosensory", Yan Du, Penghui Shen, Houfang Liu, Yuyang Zhang, Luyao Jia, Xiong Pu, Feiyao Yang, Tianling Ren*, Daping Chu*, Zhonglin Wang*, Di Wei*, Sci. Adv. 10, eadp8681 (2024).
  18. ^ "Vertical iontronic energy storage based on osmotic effects and electrode redox reactions", Feiyao Yang, Puguang Peng, Zhao-Yi Yan, Hongzhao Fan, Xiang Li, Shaoxin Li, Houfang Liu, Tian-Ling Ren, Yanguang Zhou, Zhong Lin Wang*, Di Wei*, Nat. Energy 9, 263–271(2024).
  19. ^ "Triboiontronics with temporal control of electrical double layer formation", Xiang Li, Roujuan Li, Shaoxin Li, Zhong Lin Wang*, Di Wei*, Nat. Commun. 15, 6182 (2024)
  20. ^ "Flexible iontronics based on 2D nanofluidic material", Di Wei*, Feiyao Yang, Zhuoheng Jiang, Zhonglin Wang*, Nat. Commun. 13, 4965 (2022).
  21. ^ "A moisture-enabled fully printable power source inspired by electric eels", Lu Yang, Feiyao Yang, Xu Liu, Ke Li, Yaning Zhou, Yangjian Wang, Tianhao Yu, Mengjuan Zhong, Xiaobing Xu, Lijuan Zhang, Wei Shen, Di Wei*, PNAS 118, e2023164118 (2021).
  22. ^ Lavine, Marc (2010). "What Would A. G. Bell Say Now? Nanotechnologies for Future Mobile Devices Tapani Ryhänen, Mikko A. Uusitalo, Olli Ikkala, and Asta Kärkkäinen, Eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010. 282 pp. $73.99, £45. ISBN 9780521112161. EBook, $56. ISBN 9780511717505". Science. 329 (5998): 1470. doi:10.1126/science.1195196.
  23. ^ Dixon, Charles J, and Ollin W Curtines. Nanotechnology : Nanofabrication, Patterning, and Self Assembly. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010. Print.
  24. ^ "Electrochemical Nanofabrication".
  25. ^ Grande, Lorenzo; Chundi, Vishnu T.; Wei, Di; pp. 191-236, Graphene for Energy Solutions and its Printable Applications, 9781118580783, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118980989.ch6
  26. ^ Contact Electrification at Liquid-Solid Interfaces. In: Contact-Electrification of Matter. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88504-4_7